RMIT University’s Joe Siracusa says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg will be remembered as a feminist icon who championed gender equality.
It comes after Justice Ginsburg died aged 87 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. “She’ll be remembered for doing it the hard way, she had all the things going for her that law schools and the judicial system wasn’t interested in,” Mr Siracusa said.
“She was a woman, she was Jewish and she was a mother. “She’s just been a marvellous influence, or a countervailing influence on the conservative leans of the court. “She’ll be remembered as a feminist icon who championed gender equality and equality before the law.”
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